Cue holder



Sept. 22, 1925. I 1,554,481

I A. ANDRECK I CUE HOLDER Filed June 5. 1925 v v .attached to a support atented Sept. 22 5. g

ADAM ANDRECK, or "'ronon'ro on'rnnro, CANADA.

" con Hellman. 1

' 1 Application filed June 5, jserial No. 35,147.

all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that'I, AnA vrfANnnnom a itizen vof Poland, and resident'ofToronto,

u the Province of' OntarioandDominion f Canada, have invented certain new and iseful Cue Holders, of which the following, s a specification. I x

This invention relates to improvements in flue holders, particularly to holders forbil-i .iard cues and the like and it is thepri'ncipal object of the invention fto provide a iolder of this character with means of novel and improved construction forholding'the holding members in openposition to receive the cue, and to open'these members positively and automatically upon the. removal of the cue from said holding members. 7

Another object of the invention is the provision of novel and improved gripping members for the cue.

' A further object of the invention is the provisionof a .cue holder of novel and improved construction of asimple pensive nature yet efficiently operating to hold and'release a cue. 1

These and other objects and "advantages ofmy invention will. become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then more specificallybe defined in the appended claims.

[In the accompanying drawing, forming;

material part of this disclosure: Fig. 1 ,is a front elevation of members in their open,.cue' releasin'g'position, constructed according to ltheupresent invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof,. on line 2-2 of Figure 1. y i

' Fig. 3 is a section on -line 3.3 of Figure 1;

Figure his a front elevation of the cue holder with the gripping members in their closed, cue holding position.

The cue holder comprises a base plate of metal or other suitable material adapted to be attached to a wall or like supporting surface by means of any desired fastening means passing through the corner holes 11 in said plate. T

On said base plate is held in position by means of a pin or screw 12 the body part of the holder designated 13 and provided with a longitudinally extending slot 1a through which said screw extends into the base plate. This body of the holder has the form of a a the 'body'rplate' in and ineX- the holder with its gripping plate which'is wider atfits, lower end. andl narrower at its top having beveled edges. 'ihe slot M the material" of the bodyplate'l is'cut to form an opeh.--

Atthe lower end of mg 15. 'and'j'the Kiu't out part; still connected to the body along its upper edge "is bent out of the [plane of I right angle thereto to for mfan abutment:

the body part "at plate 16 or the like. w

Th'e jscrew 12f projects: I out the plane front thereof andcarfl I v the .body plat'e.

for firmly holding the ,sameagain t the ba'se 1 Two operating arms 18; l9 'havetheirf inner loo ed ends guided around the screwbelow or behind the head thereof; whiletheir 7 into hooks adapted V to engage holes in the outer ends fofthel.

outer ends are formed gripping membersj stantially the form the r inner curved 20 and 21 having sub- ,of a question mark ends guided about the side bars of. a bail 22 the inner; ends of] to the, bodyQplate n'eari, the lower edge thereof. The extreme outer. ends of the gripping nembers, whichare; curved, are made integral with or. attached; to plate-m'embers orbrackets 23,124 mommy; mounted on the side bars of'the bailby passing the same through; holes in the angu'-{ which are secured The. inner means ofa rubber mounting 25 extending to nearly the outer; ends of said members a which are passed through these rubber mountings.

A :cam I 2.6 is .pivotally secured intermedi edge thereof. pin 27 'to the body plate to oneside of its longitudinal slot, and said" ate its ends and near the inner by! means of ,a

cam plate has a lower end substantially cut out on the arc of a circle as shown at 28 to engage over the rounded shankof the screw above the collar 17. The pin 27 is adapted". to'be displaced within an arcuate slot.29

near the upper edge of the cam plate ex tending from near its inner edge to near the outer edge thereof; I

' The device operates as follows:

'be'ntf-o ter and inner ends of sa1d A 0p po'site1y disposed I the gripping"members are, cushioned by Y ".'Assuming the parts are in'their position I shown in Figure; 1 with the gripping members held apart 'andthe cam engaging screw. 12 with. its out out lower'lend 28, if it is now ment with the abutment plate 16 Which will be lifted by the cue together with body platev 13 and the cam plate attached thereto which will thus be disengaged from screw 12 and will on account of its weight and the fact that its pin 27 is displaced in slot 29, assume the position shown in Figure 2 in whicht'he .gripping'mem bers by the weight tion of the grip ping of the cue'will firmly engage and hold [the same assisted by the brackets 23, 24. If it is now desired to release the cue, the same is lifted, until the cam engages again under I and on account of the dis-' placement offlts pivot pm in arcuate slot its own weight 29, the screw 12'so that the cue may now be drawn out of the holder, as in this posimembers and their operatin garms the-latter will spread the grippers'as shown in Figure 1. v

It'will be understood that I have shown o and described as an example the preferred ofasf positive as possible I v recess on thearc of a circle-at its lower end and the arcuateslot allowing a displaceform of myvd'evice only, andthat the same can'ibe subjected to many changes in its construction such as fall within the scope of the appended claims without departure from the present invention which moreover constitutes a substantial improvement over the known devices by the construction of the cam plate adapted to :make the action thereon account of the ment of the cam platebyth'e engagement of its pivot pin in said slot and its displacement therein. Furthermore, the 'movably mounted brackets 23, Qtgreatly facilitating the introduction and holding of the cue in the ho'l'derbetween the gripping members thereof which are mounted'with a rubber mounting over their entire the cue without danger of injuring its polished-surface. i g

' Having thus described myiinvention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is; i

1; In 'a cue holder of the class described a means for locking the, gripping members of theliolder in their open position, said face engaging.

means comprising a cam having a curve ower end and an arcuate slot in its uppe: end, a pivot pin for said cam adapted t travel in said arcuate slot to lock and unlocl said members. I a

2. In a cue holder comprising a pair 01 gripping members for engaging a cue, a rubber mounting on said members, a movable, longitudinally slotted body plate, a bail on said plate, a pair of brackets movably mounted on the lateral branches of said bail to which the inner ends of said members are attached, a means for normally holding said gripping members in'their openjposition, a means for locking said members in thisopen positiolnand an abutment plate for a cue adapted to unlock said gripping members upon its engagement by a cue to allow a support oft-he same in said holder by its ownfweig'ht.

3. Ina cue holder of the classd'escribed,

a metal base plate adapted to be secured to 'a support, a slotted body plate, ascrew passing through the slot "insaid body plate into said base plate and projecting' in front of the same,

an abutment plate formed integrally with said body plate, a pair of gripping-members having substantially the form of question marks, a pair of operating armssecured'at their outer ends tofthe outer ends of said gripping members-and guided with their about said screw, a rubber looped inner ends mounting for said gripping members, a bail attached to said body plate under said abutment, a pairof brackets 'movably attached to the lateral branches of said brackets, and having the inner ends of said gripping members attached thereto, and a cam member having a lower curved recessed'end adapted to engage said'scre'w, andan upper arcu'ate slot,.a pivot pin for said cam member adapted totravelin said arcuate slot for allowing a lowering of said cam under its own weight when disengaged from said screw by a cue movable, longitudinally engagingsa'id abutment to be" gripped be- I tween said gripping members in the holder under its own Signed at Toronto, in the Province of Gntario, Dominion .of Canada. i v

ADAM ANDRECK.

and suspended weight. 

